How far can you drive on a Ford temp tire (I have a 2000 Focus) and how fast can you drive on it?
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19 years ago
How far can you drive on a Ford temp tire (I have a 2000 Focus) and how fast can you drive on it?
Jonathan Grobe opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@worf.netins.net:
They USED to be labeled with those restrictions...
Was 50 miles at 50 MPh as i recall...
If it's not on the tire, then check the owners manual.
I know a lady that drove a temp spare for 2 months...... till it went flat on her........... then she called her hubby, and asked himwhat she should do now??
Why call her husband? She should have called a cab.
Because men fix cars, women drive them.
Remember, that max speed is highly dependent on the cars load, the tires condition/pressure, the road, and weather.
With the icey roads in the north east, and those tiny tires, I wouldn't do over 15 till the next tire repair place.
Be careful,
imho,
tom @
Those baby doughnut tires are usually rated for anywhere between 40-50 MPH max. It should be on the tire somewhere.
With regards to load, road conditions, etc. Isn't that true of ANY tire....?
mcalister opined
No...the point being, he should have made sure the original tire was fixed way before... I'm slow on the uptake but I check my wife's car out every week or so.
True, but the topic was the temp one. :)
My flat tires tend either to be the slow leaks where the tire goes flat overnight at home or a puncture/blowout 200 miles from home in the middle of the night. So I am wondering if I should get rid of this temp tire and get a decent tire for a spare. Yes it says it is rated
50 miles per hour. How much extra margin is there in that figure? Can I drive 65? 60?
I've seen people do it. I don't know that I would. I once had a blowout on the other side of the state on a Sunday night. Needless to say, I was pretty much screwed; I had to use that crappy little tire and then drive 250 miles home at
45 mph.The next day I bought five new Michelins and a new spare full sized wheel. The new spare raised the floor of my trunk a couple of inches but it was workable. I don't know why Ford doesn't just make the well deep enough for a full sized spare if you wanted to put one there.
One other thing I did as a direct result of that experience: I bought a hydraulic jack to keep in the trunk along with a full sized "X" style lug wrench. I will never again get caught trying to work with the crappy little spare / jack / lug wrench that Ford gives you. Life is too short.
I encouraged her to either get her flat fixed, or buy some new tires...... she wasn't blonde, but could be if she dyed her hair to match her brains
Something like 50 miles max, and that will be unpleasant, as the tire width and diameter are too small. You will want to drive less distance. The speed limit is something like 45 MPH.
It would work better on a non-driven wheel. I used one on my high mileage front wheel drive front, and I drove 45 MPH, and it sounded like a Lear Jet (plane, not tape player). (differential gears)
Those tires need 60 PSI of air pressure, and are low volume, so they don't stay full for long.
Never BUY one, buy the proper real wheel and tire instead.
I drove more than 200 miles on one on a Sunday night after having a blowout in East Bumfuck. It seemed like there wasn't a tire store open anywhere so I was driven (so to speak) by necessity. Although I have seen others go faster, I abided by the 45 mph limit printed on the spare.
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